"Sasuke! Get the hotdogs from the fridge!"
MnMs thought it would be fun to hold a barbecue outside the Uchiha manor, and Sasuke has been running around all over the place getting various items for his mother. Who holds a barbecue at October? He grumbled as Kushina snickered at him under her large sun hat. She wore a sleeveless blue dress with flats that matched her hat. Sasuke smirked knowingly as he noticed the bracelet he got her on her wrist, and passed the hotdogs to his mother. He wore a loose fitting blue t-shirt, a leather jacket, grey jeans and black chucks which Kushina called giant shoes that are big for no reason. Naruto was the only one missing from this get together.
"Where's dobe?" He sat on the large beach chair that was propped close to where they were barbecuing as Kushina paced around. She shrugged and he raised an eyebrow.
"He's been leaving frequently without a word."
"..."
"You're his best friend. Aren't you supposed to know these kinds of things?"
"As if you're one to talk."
"Hinata is out with Neji and her sister; they're searching for something to get for Hiashi." Sasuke raised a mock eyebrow. She grabbed her phone and dialed Hinata's number and put it on speaker.
"Hey Hina, whatcha up to?"
"Buying my dad something, with Neji and Hanabi. And you're barbecuing at Sasuke's house?"
"Yup. He's sitting here not believing our mad connection."
"Cool. Save something for me, I'll come with Hanabi in the evening."
"Kk, peace!"
"Bye Rap." She hung up and saw Sasuke gawking at her.
"Yup, try defying me now."
"Uzumaki..." he was speechless.
"Sasuke! Get the buns!" He groaned. She patted his head sympathetically. He swatted her away angrily glaring at her and got up to find some buns.
He balanced two plates of food and passed one to her. She grimaced at her plate.
"Vegetarian are we?" He knew she wasn't a vegetarian, but asking just for fun.
"Not quite, I hate hotdogs." Shock was currently an understatement.
"W-why?"
"Don't know, just take it off my plate!" She shoved it to his face.
"Fine, relax." He picked them off her plate and left a few patties. She noticed he didn't get her buns.
"Sasuke."
"Hmm?"
"Don't want nun unless you got buns hun!"
"..."
"Are you stupid?"
"No..."
"Then wtf didn't you get me some buns?" His shoulders slumped and she sighed. She got up and got a pack of buns, bbq sauce and mustard and started making this weird sandwich. Sasuke looked a bit disgusted at her weird combo.
"Don't look at me like that, you put ketchup on hotdog!" His left eye twitched at her absurdity.
"That's normal."
"Normal means boring dude."
"You put mustard and bbq sauce on a patty. With pickles." She groaned frustrated and put some ketchup on it.
"There. Are you happy now?"
"You made it worse."
"It's my food dammit!"
"Fine!" They turned away from each other and refused to speak. My drink! Kushina panicked as she was thirsty and her drink was on Sasuke' s side of the chair. I'm dying! Need drink.. nope, not going to give in. He noticed her eyeing the drink from a distance and smirked. He lifted it up as her eyes followed it.
"Say Sasuke-kun."
"What is it, some sort of drug to you?!"
"Yes, it is."
"You can hear enough of it from your fan girls." He looked annoyed at me mentioning them.
"Don't make me lose my appetite."
"Give me my drink."
"You didn't say it yet."
"Sasuke! I'm thirsty!"
"Nope. Not enough."
"Uchiha!"
"Now it's worse."
"Sasu-chan!" She whined.
"Wrong!"
"Jerk. Sasuke-kun." Satisfied, he passed her drink to her. She mopped sadly, slowly sipping on her drink. He put his jacket over her shoulders.
"Ice cream?" Her eyes lit up with joy.
"Of course."
Naruto had eventually returned a bit before Hinata and her sister came. He smiled and joked around with Hanabi as Kushina shook her head. Only she and Hinata know of her evilness.
"You have a cute sister Hinata!" Said girl blushed (obviously) and Kushina mumbled darkly. She glared at a smirking Uchiha who just flicked her forehead.
"Hey teme guess who got invited to Sakura's Halloween party tomorrow night!" He looked unfazed.
"That's right, all four of us! It's going to be fun dattebayo!"
"No."
"Don't be a teme, teme."
"..."
"So what do you say Hinata?"
"Y-yea s-ure." He grinned and turned to his twin who scoffed.
"As it is very clear, I don't do parties."
"You don't do a lot of stuff sis! Come on!" She contemplated it for a second.
"Don't expect me to wear something revealing."
"Yes! So we're all going!"
"I'm hungry Hinata-nee."
"Kushina.." she sighed and pulled her best friend away. They went to the kitchen and were surprised that the two hadn't followed them.
"So, party eh?"
"I don't even know what I'm going to be.."
"Evil queen. You're complexion works well with it."
"B-but!"
"Toughen up, evil queens are devious and confident."
"Won't that work better with you?"
"Nope. Blue eyes doesn't necessarily scream evil queen."
"Okay, but we're going together, cuz I will not face anybody with that outfit alone."
"Sure, of course. Gotta figure out a costume for myself too." She put a plate in front of Hanabi and patted her brown hair.
"Eat up kid." She and Hinata shared the food while Kushina hummed quietly. She grabbed a small can of cashews and put it in between her and Hinata to share. The talked for hours about school, Ino, the party, Ino. The blonde called and envied them for being free. She had to watch the flower shop. They spoke about everything.
"So how's things with you and Sasuke?" Well, not everything.
"Okay...?"
"There's something you're not sharing."
"Hina.."
"I'm ready to listen." They don't have secrets. Literally. So Kushina told her of her breakdown. Hinata hugged her and said a few words of advice. She sighed.
"He likes you back, Kushina. You can get him whenever you want."
"I know," Hinata looked surprised.
"Then why don't you?"
"Nu-uh. Let him man up on his own. Plus I don't want to be tied down yet, and I have only known him for about six months."
"So? And you're still closer to him than any other person he's known longer. Sometimes even more than Naruto."
"Woah Hina, not that much."
"It's true! He hasn't spoken a full sentence to another girl since he was born. You come along and he's suddenly speaking."
"I've never thought about it before..."
"Are you honestly going to wait?"
"Yeah, I guess. Don't tempt me any further."
"Okay okay. It's getting late, got to take Hanabi home."
"Do you have a ride?"
"Not quite..."
"Come on, I'll drive you."
She picked up a sleeping Hanabi and followed her friend to the living room. Kushina ignored the obvious stares, grabbed her keys and directed her friend to the door.
"Hey, where you going!"
"Driving Hinata.." he got up and snatched the keys from his sister. She narrowed her eyes at him.
"I'll drive her." And her jaw dropped. Hinata fainted. Kushina was brought back to reality as Hinata fell; she picked up her sister gently and shook her friend. Naruto scooped her up in his arms and carried her to the car. He came back and took her sister from Kushina and walked out the open door.
"..."
"Uzumaki." Shit.
"Uchiha."
"Are you honestly going to go to the party?"
"Yes...?" He scoffed and closed his eyes.
"Sasuke." He ignored her. She sat down next to him, put her hand on his shoulder and made sure her breath fanned his neck.
"Sasuke-kun " his cheeks were tinged pink as she got closer.
"Don't ignore me..." she whispered. He opened his eyes and in one swift movement, he was on top of her, leaning down to her face as her eyes widened. He pressed his lips to her ear.
"You have my full attention." He whispered. She tried to fight a surfacing blush as he nibbled softly at her ear. She pushed him off, face brighter than her hair and ran up the stairs. He chuckled lightly.
"Goodnight Kushina!" He yelled after her.